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The Cairngorm Club Journal 107, 2004 120 Graham Ewan Inverey and the Farquharsons Graham Ewen The Inverey Estate was quite large. The northern boundary, as described in the Charter granted in 1707, started at the Inver or mouth of the Ey and followed the River Dee westwards as far as its junction with the Geldie. On the west the boundary followed the Geldie as far as its junction with the Bynack Burn and from there followed the watershed between the Bynack Burn and the Geldie. On the south it followed the line of the present County Boundary as far as the headwaters of the Ey. The eastern boundary is not described. It is possible that it included the whole of the Glen Ey catchment area, but the exact line is not known. There is, however, a possibility that parts of Glen Ey belonged to the neighbouring small estate of Corriemulzie and Craggan, which used to have their shieling grounds where the farms of Dalruinduchlat, Dalnafae and Alltshlat were later to be established (i.e. the area around the Piper's Wood). It is interesting to note that as late as the 1841 census these farms were listed along with Corriemulzie, while those on the west side of the Ey are listed along with Inverey. However, the charter granted to Inverey in 1707 mentions these grounds as belonging to the Inverey Estate. The water is muddied further when one reads a charter granted in 1632 to Alister Mackenzie in the estate of Corriemulzie and Craggan, where these pasturages are described as belonging to him. The tenants of Coldrach in Glen Clunie, which belonged to Invercauld, also had a right of shieling in Glen Ey in the area called the Black Corries (the west side of An Socach). In this case there seems no doubt that, despite these shieling rights, this area definitely belonged to Inverey. There is also a difficulty about the eastern boundary in the immediate area of Inverey itself. The area so far described would exclude the village of Meikle Inverey, but it must have been part of the estate. We can only assume that the boundary lay somewhat east of this at that point. The Estate of Inverey was, at the start of its known history, in the hands of the Lamonts. Around 1620 the Lamonts, along with members of Clan Chattan, conducted a major raid down Deeside and laid waste much of Glen TheGairn, Tullich anCairngormd Glen Muick. Following this raid, the Farquharson Clubs moved against Lamont, who was arrested and hanged from the so-called Hangman's Tree which still stands, although now in a decrepit state, just west of Mar Lodge Bridge. Whether anyone else has ever been hanged from this tree, I do not know. It was following this event that the first Farquharson Laird was installed in Inverey. Inverey and the Farquharsons 121 The Cairngorm Club Cairngorm The 122 Graham Ewan Hangman's Tree There were to be eleven Farquharson Lairds in Inverey over the next hundred and sixty years: 1. James 1632 2. William 1635 (eldest son of 1) 3. John 1670 (eldest son of 2) 4. Peter (Patrick) 1699 (eldest son of 3) 5. Joseph 1737 (eldest son of 4) The6. Benjami Cairngormn 1738 (second son of 4) Club 7. Charles 1739 (brother of 4) 8. James 1750 (son of 3, by second marriage) 9. John 1753 (great-great-great-grandson of 1) 10 . Alexander 1754 (great-great-grandson of 1, by second marriage) 11 . James 1780 (eldest son of 10) Inverey and the Farquharsons 123 It would seem that James, the first Laird, was first installed in Inverey in 1622 as a tenant, but did not receive the feu right until 1632. The dates of entry into the estate given above are not necessarily the dates of the death of the previous owner. Sometimes the estate was made over to the eldest son before the death of the father. James, 1st of Inverey, for example, lived until at least 1664, although he had made over the Inverey estate to his son 32 years earlier. The Feu Superior was of course the Earl of Mar until the 1715 uprising, after which the Superiority was confiscated by the Government. Lord Erskine of Grange, the Earl of Mar's brother, and his friend Lord Erskine of Dun were later allowed to buy it back for a knock-down price, and administered it in trust for Thomas Lord Erskine (the Earl of Mar's son). However the Earl of Mar had incurred enormous debts as a result of the uprising in 1715 and these had to be repaid. In order to achieve this, the Superiorities of Inverey and most of the other Upper Deeside estates were sold to Lord Braco (later the Earl of Fife) in 1735. While the Farquharsons had most of the privileges of owning the estate for a yearly payment of £25 Scots, they also had to perform various services for the Superior. These included attendance at any district courts that the Superior might arrange, personal attendance with dogs and hounds at all huntings, and military service if required. The naturally growing fir woods and the deer and roe remained the property of the Superior. The Farquharsons and their tenants nevertheless had the right to a certain amount of servitude timber from the fir woods, such as they required for their buildings. The tenants had to apply for this through their Laird. The old Charters laid down that the succession in the Estate was to be strictly to the nearest male heir. In the early years it would appear that the Farquharsons of Inverey prospered. As the years went by, other estates were acquired: Tullich in 1638, Balmoral in 1642 and Corriemulzie in 1660. They also had interests in Easter Micras and elsewhere. All these acquisitions passed on from father to son as planned until 1738 when Peter's eldest son Joseph died unmarried and so the estate passed to his brother Benjamin, who died the following year, also unmarried. The estate then passed on to Charles, Peter's brother, who had already acquired in 1731 the Barony of Auchlossan. When Charles died in 1750, also unmarried, the estate passed to his half- brother James. However, in 1753 the two daughters of Peter, Emilia and TheMargaret, mounte Cairngormd a legal challenge to his right to the estate Club. During the process both sisters died, shortly followed by James himself. The case was carried on by Patrick Mearns and Charles Grant, sons of the deceased sisters, but in the end their claim was rejected by the Lords of Session of Scotland on 11th February 1756. The estate had meantime passed to John, James's second- cousin-once-removed, but he died a short time thereafter, without having had time to make up his titles, and the estate passed on to Alexander Farquharson of Auchindryne, a great-grandson of James (1st Laird) by his second marriage. 124 Graham Ewan Unlike all the previous Lairds, Alexander was a catholic, and although he styled himself 'of Inverey' he lived most of his time in Balmoral until the estate passed on to his eldest son James in 1780. The Farquharsons of Inverey, although protestant, were always staunchly Jacobite and took an active part in all the main uprisings. A brief summary of their activities follows. Colonel William Farquharson of Inverey took part in the campaigns of Montrose in 1645, participating in the Battle of Alford on the 2nd of July and the Battle of Kilsyth on 15th of August. It is likely that Inverey commanded the main rebel battle-group on both these occasions. He was in action again in April 1646, when along with Alexander Irvine of Drum they beat up some government quarters at Murtle. He also took part in the storming of Aberdeen the following month. In May 1664, along with others from Upper Deeside and Donside (under the Earl of Mar), he took part in a raid on Aberdeen to demolish the cruives which had been erected across the River Don, injuring the fishing in the upper part of the river. It is said that 2,500 men took part. In the court hearing which followed, it being shown that the construction of the cruives had contravened several Acts of Parliament, the Lords took the view that Mar and his associates had acted with some justification and so absolved them. His son, John, perhaps better known as the 'Black Colonel', took part in Dundee's insurrection in 1689. He was probably not present at the Battle of Killiecrankie, but prior to that a party of Farquharsons led by him burned down Braemar Castle to prevent its use by Government troops. He in turn had his own castle in Inverey burned down after the rebellion failed, but escaped capture by hiding in the gorge of Glen Ey at the spot now known as the Colonel's Bed. High up on Creag a Chait, on the Ordnance Survey Pathfinder series, you will find the words Colonel's Cave. A detailed search of the crags in this area failed to find any trace of a cave, but there may have been one in past times. It is said that from this spot the Black Colonel watched while his castle burned. In 1715, Peter Farquharson, the Black Colonel's son, was a colonel in the Earl of Mar's Regiment. He was presumably present at the Battle of Sherriffmuir and afterwards fled to France where he remained until the Act of Indemnity was passed. He narrowly escaped having his estate forfeited, Thebecause his namCairngorme had been wrongly inserted in the AcClubt of Attainder as Alexander Farquharson of Inverey.
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